Mūlamadhyamakakārikā
"Root Verses on the Middle Way" by Nagarjuna
(Links to the 27 Chapters, Introduction, Summaries of Chapters, Conclusion)
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Verses Only: Jay L. Garfield
Verses Only: Stephen Batchelor
Verses Only: Frederick J. Streng
Verses Only: Padmakara Translation Group
Links to Chapters
Links to Chapters
Chapter-1, Chapter-2, Chapter-3, Chapter-4, Chapter-5, Chapter-6, Chapter-7, Chapter-8, Chapter-9, Chapter-10, Chapter-11, Chapter-12, Chapter-13, Chapter-14, Chapter-15, Chapter-16, Chapter-17, Chapter-18, Chapter-19, Chapter-20, Chapter-21, Chapter-22, Chapter-23, Chapter-24, Chapter-25, Chapter-26, Chapter-27
Introduction
Introduction
Introductory verses:
"I salute him, the fully-enlightened, the best of speakers,
who preached the non-ceasing and the non-arising,
the non-annihilation and the non-permanence,
the non-identity and the non-difference,
the non-appearance and the non-disappearance,
the dependent arising,
the appeasement of obsessions and the auspicious."
Other Sources
Other Sources
The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way, Jay L. Garfield, 1995
The Root Stanzas of the Middle Way, The Mulamadhyamakakarika, Padmakara Translation Group, 2022
Emptiness: A Study in Religious Meaning, Frederick J. Streng, 1975
Mulamadhyamaka-karika, by Stephen Batchelor, 2000
Mulamadhyamakakarika: Verses from the Centre,Mulamadhyamakakarika of Nagarjuns, David J. Kalupahana, 1986
Stances du milieu par excellence, Guy Bugault, 2002
Ornament of Reason: The Great Commentary to Nagarjuna's Root of the Middle Way, Mabja Jangchub Tsondru, 2011
Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika, Gudo Wafu Nishijima, 2011
Summaries of Chapters
Summaries of Chapters
Chapter 1 - Causality
Chapter 1 - Causality
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Chapter 2 - Motion and Rest
Chapter 2 - Motion and Rest
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Chapter 3 - Perception
Chapter 3 - Perception
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Chapter 4 - Aggregates and their Basis Underlying Causes (parts)
Chapter 4 - Aggregates and their Basis Underlying Causes (parts)
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Chapter 5 - Irreducible Elements and their Defining-Characteristics
Chapter 5 - Irreducible Elements and their Defining-Characteristics
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Chapter 6 - Moments of Consciousness and their Concomitant Mental Factors
Chapter 6 - Moments of Consciousness and their Concomitant Mental Factors
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Chapter 7 - Three Stages of Composites: Origination, Duration and Cessation
Chapter 7 - Three Stages of Composites: Origination, Duration and Cessation
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Chapter 8 - Production
Chapter 8 - Production
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Chapter 9 - Pre-existent Owner
Chapter 9 - Pre-existent Owner
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Chapter 10 - Kindling and Fire - Clinging and Rebirths
Chapter 10 - Kindling and Fire - Clinging and Rebirths
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Chapter 11 - Three times of Composites: Before, During, After
Chapter 11 - Three times of Composites: Before, During, After
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Chapter 12 - Suffering: Continuity or Discontinuity of the Individual
Chapter 12 - Suffering: Continuity or Discontinuity of the Individual
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Chapter 13 - Suffering: Impermanence of Conditioned Elements
Chapter 13 - Suffering: Impermanence of Conditioned Elements
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Chapter 14 - Unification
Chapter 14 - Unification
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Chapter 15 - Self-existence / Essence
Chapter 15 - Self-existence / Essence
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Chapter 16 - Bondage and Liberation
Chapter 16 - Bondage and Liberation
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Chapter 17 - Actions and Results
Chapter 17 - Actions and Results
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Chapter 18 - Individual Self and Phenomena
Chapter 18 - Individual Self and Phenomena
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Chapter 19 - Things, Space and Time
Chapter 19 - Things, Space and Time
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Chapter 20 - Aggregates of Causes and Conditions
Chapter 20 - Aggregates of Causes and Conditions
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Chapter 21 - Coming and Going
Chapter 21 - Coming and Going
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Chapter 22 - "Fully Completed" (Tathagata)
Chapter 22 - "Fully Completed" (Tathagata)
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Chapter 23 - Errors - Perverted Views
Chapter 23 - Errors - Perverted Views
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Chapter 24 - Four Noble Truths
Chapter 24 - Four Noble Truths
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Chapter 25 - Nirvana
Chapter 25 - Nirvana
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Chapter 26 - Twelve Links of Dependent Origination
Chapter 26 - Twelve Links of Dependent Origination
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Chapter 27 - Views
Chapter 27 - Views
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Conclusion
Conclusion
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